Company Name: KOL WoodworksHere is the beech project I had asked about a while back. The question was how do I get the growth rings to stand out and feel wavy. I ended up hand sanding between each ring to give depth. I believe the method used on the furniture I was replicating was sandblasting.
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| Posted By: | Michael S> |
Kol:
? You hand sanded the grooves in the doors and finish panels, Corrected ?
How long did the distressing take, apx. ?
Kol, the only thing I would have done different is made the doors shaker style ( No OG inside style and rail ) and made the doors inset in the face frame.
But, you have done a fantastic job. Congrads.
Thanks
Michael S.
| Posted By: | kol |
I thought of both of those ideas and I decided that most people would have done it that way. I am going to put pulls on the drawers and knobs on the doors. The distressing took forever it seems. I only did the exterior hardwood. It took probably 30-35 hours of hand sanding. Yes I lost my butt on this job but the final product was well worth the effort. Next time I will either buy a sandblaster or hire someone to do it. If there is a next time.
| Posted By: | rww |
kol, I think a soft wood like yellow pine or douglas fir would have been better to use from the standpoint that they tend to have noticeably harder grain from late wood to early wood growth rings(or viceversa). Easyer to sand out the soft wood from the hard.
Just my thought, looks outstanding!!! I whish I could see it in person!
| Posted By: | kol |
I wanted to use a softer wood also but the customer said to use beech. One of the other contractors I know made an entertainment center using alder stained to look like cherry. The thing is that it was supposed to be cherry harwood. One of the other workers told the client. He has to replace the whole thing. Not a good Idea to "cheat" the system. The bad thing is that the other furniture is beech also. good thoughts though and thanks for the compliments
| Posted By: | justin |
in the future, to get that sandblasted, distresssed effect, without a sandblaster, try a wire wheel on a softwood.
| Posted By: | Lyle |
Nice job figuring out a way to create the look.
I do agree with Jason on the wire wheel though.
We use it all the time with great results. It takes minutes instead of hours to get the same effect.
We have created some awesome ranch style kitchens out of Yellow Pine and Cedar with the wire brushing.
I definitely recommend it.
